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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
4
The article outlines how wartime demand will shrink shelves and ration items while store management remains committed to serving customers. Retailers work with manufacturers to find substitutes for priority goods and lead nutrition programs to bolster national health, as households adjust to tighter living standards.
The notice explains two classes of Navy cruisers light and heavy with around 10 000 tons for the heavy type costing about 20 million dollars. It urges citizens to buy War Bonds, proposing a ten percent payroll contribution to fund ships through the U S Treasury Department.
Mr and Mrs S L Newsom motored to Wisconsin visiting Neenah and Waupaca as guests of Mr and Mrs J E Campbell. Mr and Mrs J P Tweedy now in Seattle plan to spend part of next week in Los Angeles. Verne Plummer heads to Texas Kansas Oklahoma and possibly Colorado on business. Mrs H G Rawls goes to Indianapolis for Metro politan School of Music and Art exercises with daughter Jeanette a graduate. Mr and Mrs Omer Stanley of Anderson were Sunday guests of Mrs Rawls and family.
June twenty four nineteen thirty two notices show Mrs Verna Hill and Mrs Grace Porter with family at Turkey Run and Shades. Mr and Mrs Al Carr and son Jim visited Three Rivers Michigan. A son Bobby Lee born to Mr and Mrs Fred King. Price entertaining near Carthage hosted several guests including Mrs Josephine Seigfried Isabelle Dagler from Allentown and others from Freehold Rushville Arlington.
Hoosier anglers report low chances for river and stream catches as frequent rains keep water high and muddy since the season opened. Lake fishing, however, remains strong with numerous reports of good catches and several unusually large fish. The article also notes shipbuilding employment figures, highlighting Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. with 27,000 workers and Armstrong Manufacturing Co. in Portland, Oregon with 19 workers.
Lou Holtz leads a Columbia network comedy on Sundays with Mildred Bailey and Meyer Alexander in Time Out For Laughs. A Hawaii program features enlisted soldiers and officers on Saturdays with music sketches and talks. Notable notes mention John McIntyre Jeanette Nolan Yank Montana Emery Deutsch Burl Ives Ezra Stone and Edward G Robinson contributions.
Listeners hear a star studded preview of Irving Berlin service show This Is The Army on June 26 with WABC CBS airing 7:00 to 7:55 PM and repeat at 11:00 PM. Charles Winninger and Charles Ruggles star in Charles Martin's Friendly Enemies on The Philip Morris Playhouse 8:00 to 8:30 PM with rebroadcast at 10:30 PM.NETWORK NOTES New York porters tip big on Are You Missing Heir. Columbia Workshop Friday nights. Fred Allen's Larry Elliott replaces Bert Parks on Bob Hawk's How'm I Doin' and shifts Al Pierce's show for summer. Don Dunphy to marry this weekend. House Aldrich Family Jameson began acting after Jo Meizner's decision.
Indiana residents respond to the presidents two week call by gathering scrap rubber. A southern farmer reports 10 000 pounds in two days while Logansport stations collect 4 800 pounds. Indianapolis sites reach four tons each in 48 hours and Winchester totals 20 000 pounds on day one. Lake Village trucker says 20 000 pounds collected with another 20 000 in sight. The statewide committee reports strong response and rising production.
A government appeal outlines cutting waste of fats and oils from the Far East to recover half a billion pounds yearly. Fats will yield glycerine for military explosives and guidance systems. The effort also targets manpower waste via the Manpower Mobilization Program and health drives to keep workers productive.
The text stresses that staying fit is a universal duty beyond factory work. It links health to morale and victory, urging everyone to use known home front weapons: proper food, proper exercise, and proper rest.
The article notes McNutt delivering the president’s health message to 8,500 executives and officials urging action in 900 plants to cut sickness and injuries, saving 6,000,000 work days monthly. It mentions substitutes for scarce metals, wood pails, long distance bus limits, a 550 mile pipeline, and continued baby carriage production with minimal iron and steel.
A note explains that American troops are being equipped with steel from radio phonographs. It states that the steel in an average set could yield nearly a dozen bayonets, reflecting wartime material priorities and production shifts.
The statement argues that for every ten 30 foot cruisers not built this year, the Navy could acquire an additional mosquito boat. It frames a programmatic tradeoff between hulls and smaller attack craft within naval planning.
Ad for McCarty's Drug Store promotes TEOL solution as a penetrating 90 percent alcohol-based treatment for athlete's foot. Claims many liniments do not reach germs and promises quick action with a 35 cent trial, refund promised if not satisfied.
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